Good Grades Are Reinforcing to Some Children but Not to Others

question 56

Multiple Choice

Good grades are reinforcing to some children but not to others. Someone explaining this fact from an operant conditioning perspective would say that good grades are most likely to be reinforcers to children who:

• A) Have been told that good grades can help them get a scholarship
• B) Have previously associated grades with other reinforcers
• C) Come from middle-socioeconomic backgrounds
• D) Have never received a grade above C

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